My revised list. The bits about Martin Wagner and the Ghost World movie are for my lady friend's benefit.
Batman, Superman, & Wonder Woman: Trinity – Matt Wagner
Superman: Birthright – Mark Waid, Leinil Francis Yu, and Gerry Alanguilan
Superman: For All Seasons – Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale, and Bjarne Hansen
The Superman-Madman Hullabaloo! – Mike and Laura Allred
Batman: Child of Dreams – Kia Asamiya and Max Allan Collins
The Many Deaths of the Batman – John Byrne, Jim Aparo, and Mike DeCarlo
Batman: The Long Halloween and Batman: Dark Victory (a two-volume story arc) – Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale
Batman: Black & White VOL.1 and 2 – various writers and artists
Detective Comics #617, “A Clash of Symbols” – Alan Grant, Norm Breyfogle, and Steve Mitchell
Superman: Peace on Earth, Batman: War on Crime, Shazam!: Power of Hope, Wonder Woman: Spirit of Truth, and JLA: Liberty and Justice – Paul Dini and Alex Ross
Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross – Alex Ross, Chip Kidd, and Geoff Spear
JLA: Heaven’s Ladder – Mark Waid, Bryan Hitch, and Paul Neary
JLA: Year One – Mark Waid, Brian Augustyn, Barry Kitson, and Michael Bair
Supergirl and Supergirl: Many Happy Returns – Peter David, Gary Frank, Terry Dodson, and Ed Benes
Catwoman: Selina’s Big Score – Darwyn Cooke and Matt Hollingsworth
Catwoman: Dark End of the Street and Catwoman: Crooked Little Town – Ed Brubaker and various artists
Ultimate Spider-Man (collected in 10 TPBs thus far) – Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Bagley, Trevor Hairsine, Art Thibert, and Danny Miki
Marvels – Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross
Maus – Art Spiegelman
Pedro & Me – Judd Winick
University2 and Liberty Meadows – Frank Cho
PvP: Player vs. Player – Scott Kurtz
A Distant Soil – Colleen Doran
The Chronicles of Conan (collected in three TPBs thus far) – Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith
Boneyard (collected in 2 TPBs) – Richard Moore
The Sandman (collected in 11 TPBs) – Neil Gaiman and various artists
Strangers in Paradise (collected in 3 hardcover volumes) – Terry Moore
Bone (collected in 5 hardcover volumes) – Jeff Smith
Akiko (4 graphic novels) – Mark Crilley
Y: The Last Man – Brian K. Vaughn and Pia Guerra
Why I Hate Saturn – Kyle Baker
The Big Book of Urban Legends – various writers and artists
Box Office Poison – Alex Robinson
The Complete Concrete – Paul Chadwick
Usagi Yojimbo (collected in 18 TPBs) – Stan Sakai
The Barefoot Serpent – Scott Morse
Ghost World – Daniel Clowes (this was the basis for a recent film starring Thora Birch)
American Elf: James Kochalka’s Collected Sketchbook Diaries, Fantastic Butterflies, and Monkey vs. Robot – James Kochalka
Madman (collected in several TPBs) – Mike and Laura Allred
Astro City (collected in 4 TPBs thus far) – Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson
Tom Strong – Alan Moore and Chris Sprouse
Tomorrow Stories (collected in 2 TPBs) – Alan Moore and various artists
Top 10 – Alan Moore and Gene Ha
Promethea – Alan Moore, J.H. Williams III, and Mick Gray
Hepcats (collected in 2 TPBs) – Martin Wagner (no relation to Matt Wagner)
Stuck Rubber Baby – Howard Cruse
Hate – Peter Bagge
A Contract with God – Will Eisner
Sojourn (collected in 5 TPBs) – Ron Marz, Greg Land, and Drew Geraci
Mystic (collected in 6 TPBs) – Ron Marz, Brandon Peterson, and others
Elfquest – Wendy and Richard Pini
Meridian (collected in 4 TPBs) – Barbara Kesel, Joshua Middleton, Steve McNiven, and Dexter Vines
Fables (collected in 2 TPBs) – Bill Willingham and Lan Medina
Hopeless Savages (collected in 4 TPBs) – Jan Van Meter
Blue Monday – (collected in 2 TPBs) – Chynna Clugston-Major
Grrl Scouts VOL 1 and 2 – Jim Mahfood
Blankets and Goodbye, Chunky Rice – Craig Thompson
Love & Rockets (collected in 10 TPBs) – Los Bros Hernandez
Death of Speedy – Jaime Hernandez
Amy Unbounded: Belondweg Blossoming – Rachel Hartman
Alison Dare, Little Miss Adventures – J. Torres and J. Bone
Clan Apis – Jay Hosler
Kingdom Come was cut not because of quality (it's one of my favorites), but because of the problems Penwing and I saw with it...too much foreknowledge of the characters was needed. And Desperate Times was dropped because I just reread Image's #1 and saw the blurb in the lettercolumn declaring that the series was officially discontinued. There's no sense recommending something that's not even available. The rest is just additions.
Is this list OK, or does anything need to be added or dropped?
